$20 stoppages ‘cost $5M’
PA Wellington New Zealand workers had sacrificed at least $5 million in wages by taking part in the Federation of Labour’s campaign against the wage freeze, said the Minister of Labour, Mr Bolger, yesterday. The figure was a conservative estimate provided by: Department’ *
officials, he said. He described the campaign as an expensive exercise in futility. Figures kept by the Employers’ Federation from the middle of March show 255 occasions during which groups of workers have taken action in support of , the claim. The most common form
of action appeared to be one-off stoppages for two hours, said the federation’s research director, Mr William Poole, last evening. The president of the Auckland Trades Council, Mr G. H. Andersen, said that the council would meet tomorrow to review the
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Press, 30 June 1983, Page 8
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